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smew

[smyoo]
–noun
a Eurasian duck, Mergus albellus, closely akin to mergansers: the male is white marked with black and gray.

Origin:
1665–75; orig. uncert.
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smew   (smyōō)   
n.  A small Old World merganser (Mergus albellus), the male of which has white and black plumage and a white crest.

[Origin unknown.]
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